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The Shropshire Care Forum Resource Centre is designed to help make the decision on what type of care home you or your loved one may require easier. You'll find useful guides for choosing a Home, financial tips and advice, a checklist to bring on visits, and lots more!

Selecting a Care Home
This section deals with selecting a Care Home and helps to answers some of your questions.
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Selecting Home Care Agency
This section deals with selecting a Home Care Agency and helps to answers some of your questions.
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Sheltered Housing, Extra Care, Respite and Day Care
This section deals with other care options and helps to answers some of your questions.
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Financial Planning
The cost of long term care is an important factor once you've decided that care is appropriate for yourself or your relation.
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Checklist
This checklist provides a way to assess your needs, your relations needs, and your family member's needs.
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Crenezumab: Trial Will Gauge Whether Alzheimer's Drug Can Prevent Or Slow The Disease
Drug picked from pool of 25 rivals Study is first prevention trial for Alzheimer's disease Trial puts major theory of disease to the test ...
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RCN conference: Nurses' compassion 'as important as skills'
New nurses should be judged on their compassion not just their skills, the NHS Confederation chairman is to say....
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State-funded elderly care declining, Labour figures suggest
The number of elderly people in England getting council-funded care has fallen by 11% in the last two years, figures obtained by Labour suggest....
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Elderly care petition could go to Parliament after gaining one hundred and thirty thousand signatures
Campaigners for an overhaul of the elderly care system hope to trigger a debate in Parliament after collecting more than 130,000 signatures on a petition to David Cameron. ...
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Elderly face 'revolving door' hospital care under nursing cuts
Elderly patients face a ‘revolving door’, being shuttled between hospital and home because of cuts to community nursing, the Royal College of Nursing claims today (Mon). ...
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Former carer - RQIA inspections must be more rigorous
A former carer at a Belfast residential home has said the regulatory body must carry out inspections more rigorously. ...
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Leading article: Time is running out to reform social care
Tricky or not, the challenge is one to which politicians on both sides must rise...
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CQC finds lack of stimulation in learning disability care home inspections
The Care Quality Commission found major concerns at three of the 10 care homes it inspected for people with learning disabilities. ...
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Well-off elderly 'cannot expect free care or help with care home bills'
The middle classes should not expect help with care home bills, two right-leaning pressure groups said yesterday....
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Don't turn your back on the elderly, PM urged: Impassioned plea from campaigners who fear Coalition won't tackle OAP care crisis
David Cameron came under unprecedented pressure last night to transform provision of care for the elderly...
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Retro makeover project helps care home residents recall their past
Residents at a care home in Prestwick are being taken back in time after their dwellings were given a 1970s makeover....
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Care homes warned to discuss 'do not resuscitate' forms with families
NHS says homes must follow law on decisions to attempt resuscitation, after issuing apology to woman who stumbled on 'DNR' order in father's notes...
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Liz Kendall: The elderly and disabled cannot afford to wait
Every week brings more evidence of the growing crisis in care for older and disabled people. ...
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Three million unpaid carers spending own money supporting elderly
Almost three million people spend more than £1,200 of their own money every year caring for an elderly loved-one, a study suggests. ...
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Labour 'will pull out of elderly care talks unless Coalition acts’
Labour is prepared to pull out of cross-party talks on reforming elderly care if the Coalition continues to “kick the issue into the long grass”. ...
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Severe dementia care: Homes try new approach
It is estimated that one-in-three people over 65 will die with dementia...
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Ex-UDM leader jailed for theft
A former leader of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers has been jailed for four years for stealing almost £150,000 from a Nottinghamshire charity which cared for elderly miners....
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Care home owner agrees eight hundred and twenty five million pound sale
The owner of 445 care homes which is responsible for looking after some 20,000 residents has agreed to be sold to financier Guy Hands' private equity firm for £825 million, it was announced today....
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Local councils call for radical reform of elderly and disabled care
The Local Government Association has written a letter to the three main political parties calling for radical reform in elderly and disabled care....
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Care home inspector arrested over bribery claims
A care home inspector has been arrested on suspicion of bribery for allegedly asking for money in return for favourable reports....
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Four Million plan for Much Wenlock care home expansion to go ahead
Plans for the £4 million expansion of a care home in Shropshire – which is expected to create about 80 jobs – have been given the go-ahead. ...
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Couple remain inseparable after 67 years of marriage
A COUPLE described as ‘a wonderful combination’ have celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary. ...
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Family blame death of Rose, 69, on care home after she was given MALE cancer treatment
THE grieving family ofa 69-year-old woman have blamed blundering staff at a care home for her death. ...
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Improving Continence Care for Care Home Residents
The British Geriatrics Society today launched a new poster campaign to improve continence care for care home residents. ...
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Positive report for nursing home
A NURSING home in Banbury is meeting essential standards according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC). ...
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Billingham care home worker accused of humiliating residents
A CARE home worker assaulted one resident and ill-treated three more by shouting at them and humiliating them in front of others, a court heard today. ...
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Inquest into care home death
An inquest opens today to determine whether neglect played any part in the death of a 94 year old grandmother. ...
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Young look to state to fund elderly care
Four out of 10 people who expect to stay in their own home in old age think the state will pay for their care, a study on attitudes to ageing in Britain shows....
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'I used a spy camera to catch a care home thug beating up my mother'
'I used a spy camera to catch a care home thug beating up my mother': How a daughter's suspicions lead to her uncovering harrowing abuse...
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'They shoved latex gloves in her mouth': Nursing home workers caught abusing elderly on hidden camera
An Oklahoma City family was so convinced that employees of the Quail Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center were stealing from their 96-year old matriarch, they put a hidden camera in her room....
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'Lady Glanister' care home boss stole £330,000 from care home residents to buy diamonds
A care home boss styled herself "Lady Glanister" and bought 15 fur coats, jewellery and champagne after stealing £330,000 from her employer, a court heard. ...
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Women more likely than men to go into care home
Elderly women are 40 per cent more likely to go into care homes than men, say researchers. ...
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Exclusive: Crisis in care of elderly as £1bn cuts bite
Hundreds of thousands face reduction in their support...
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Plundering care home finance boss Jenny Glanister jailed
A woman who stole more than £330,000 a Northamptonshire care home to fund a luxury lifestyle has been jailed....
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Hospitals ordered to stop 'obviously unacceptable' practice of sending patients home in the middle of the night
Some 3.5 per cent of all hospital discharges took place between 11pm and 6am....
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Flu outbreak at Nursing Home in Fahan is over
The flu outbreak at Nazareth House Nursing Home in Fahan is over. ...
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800,000 vulnerable elderly fighting to stay in their homes
Some 800,000 vulnerable elderly people are struggling to live in their own homes without any state-provided home help, say campaigners who argue the most vulnerable in society are being "catastrophically let down" by social services. ...
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Dementia care home launches £2.5m campaign
IF SHE could have, Alice Beck would have nursed husband Peter ‘until the bitter end’. ...
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Nurse filmed assaulting dementia patient, 80, on daughter's secret camera
Nurse filmed assaulting dementia patient, 80, on daughter's secret camera...
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'Care gaps and funding gaps'
Older people are being failed by an under-funded social care system, according to Dr Ian Donald of the British Geriatrics Society....
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Great-grandmother, 94, suffers horrific injuries after falling out of hospital bed because 'elf and safety rules ban side-bars
A great-grandmother looked like she had 'been beaten up' after falling out of bed at her care home - because of 'stupid' new health and safety rules banning bed bars, her family claims....
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Guy Hands' Terra Firma looks to buy Four Seasons care homes business
Guy Hands is one of the frontrunners to invest in the country's largest care home business in what would be the controversial financier's largest deal since his firm's ill-fated acquisition of music giant EMI. ...
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Hafan Tywi private care home in Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, shut by court
A private Carmarthenshire care home has been forced to close after a court ruled its residents could be at risk....
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Enjoying yourself the key to living to 105
A great- great-grandmother who believes in living life to the full celebrated her 105th birthday yesterday....
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Care home owners told to improve safety
THE owners of a care home have been warned to improve safety standards or face enforcement action after a snap inspection revealed unsafe use of medication....
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Insurers leave care home residents at risk of theft
Vulnerable people in care homes are being left out of pocket because insurers won’t cover their valuables....
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Two Hoots care home in Thornton Heath 'closed by red tape'
BIG grins, waves and laughs all round, meet the Two Hoots family – a group of disabled adults, pictured during one of their many days out....
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After a seventh flu death at Orchar Nursing Home, expert says worst may be over
The flu outbreak has claimed a seventh life at Orchar Nursing Home in Broughty Ferry, but one of Scotland's leading bacteriologists has said the worst of the crisis may be over....
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Pets Benefit Aging Adults’ Health, Mizzou Researcher Says
Eldercare facility acknowledges benefits and accommodates residents’ pet ownership...
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Cholesterol drug shows Alzheimer’s benefits in mice
Scientists in Canada have found that a cholesterol-lowering drug called simvastatin could improve blood vessel function and improve learning and memory in mice showing features of Alzheimer’s disease when given early in the disease process....
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50 jobs in store at new Calderdale nursing home
MORE than 50 new jobs are on the cards at a rapidly expanding care home....
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Pensioner died hours after care home attack
An elderly woman collapsed at a care home in the Black Country less than two hours after she was hit over the head by another resident with a walking stick, an inquest heard....
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Discrimination 'denying care home residents hospital access', study suggests
Elderly people in care homes are being denied access to basic NHS services available to everyone because of discrimination, a major study suggests. ...
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Drive-through 'McDonalds' for Beverley killed off by care home plan
MULTI-million pound new proposals for a prime Beverley site are set to kill off controversial plans for a fast food restaurant....
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David Cameron 'forgets' 1/4m with dementia in care homes
David Cameron has "forgotten" about dementia patients in care homes because "not a single penny" of the extra money he has just pledged will help them, the Registered Nursing Home Association has claimed....
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Arlene Philips confronts PM over elderly patient care
Arlene Phillips, the former Strictly Come Dancing judge, confronted David Cameron over elderly patient care, challenging him to improve training for nurses. ...
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Older people's learning charity wants care homes to embrace in-house courses
UK care homes may be transformed into places of learning, if a new range of courses from the University of the Third Age (U3A) is embraced by residential care providers ...
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Locked up and sedated: Huge rise in number of dementia patients being 'restrained' by hospital staff and carers
Dementia patients are increasingly being ‘restrained’ by hospital staff and carers, a report warns....
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NHS ageism 'harming elderly care'
The elderly are being passed around hospitals in England like parcels, often going without treatment because of ageist attitudes, a report suggests....
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NHS care for elderly is a 'postcode lottery'
An alarming postcode lottery has been uncovered by ITV News in the levels of NHS care available to people who fall ill in their old age....
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Budget 2012: Elderly care bills could rise to £100,000
Elderly people face paying up to £100,000 for their care under a secret government plan, The Daily Telegraph has learned. ...
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Care home’s oldest resident reaches 102
STAFF at a care centre in Banbury held a small party to celebrate the birthday of their oldest resident....
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Shropshire care home boss and two nurses sacked
The manager and two nurses at a £620-a-week Shropshire residential nursing home have been sacked amid claims residents were neglected....
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Care home staff win top awards
TWO members of staff at the same care home were celebrating after picking up awards....
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Outbreak of deadly flu hits care homes for elderly
Health officials say the death rate in care homes is the highest they have seen for several years...
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Pensioner who died after fall at care home 'lay on the floor bleeding for up to 10 minutes because Muslim nurse was praying'
Dorothy Griffiths, 89, fell from her bed, cutting her head and leaving a gash in her hip After finishing praying the nurse said Mrs Griffiths was fine, only for her to fall unconscious four hours later ...
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Elderly 'should be cared for at home on NHS'
Elderly patients should be looked after at home by NHS-funded carers instead of being kept at hospital, experts said in a criticism of the Government's health reforms....
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Up to 10 Devon care homes set to recieve share of £11.2million grant
MID Devon care homes could scoop a share of a £11.2million investment which aims to develop up to ten centres of excellence for people with dementia. ...
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There should be better respite care for my son, 21, than at old people's homes
A mother has spoken of her disgrace after her young disabled son was offered alternative support at old people's homes following the closure of Scotter House respite centre....
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Fitness Tips at Care Home from Trainer, aged 81
Fitness trainer Tony Gore proved age is no barrier to keeping active when he led an exercise class at a care home in West Sussex - at the grand age of 81. ...
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"Staff and resident storytelling can help improve care homes"
Much can be learnt from capturing experiences about both the negative and positive aspects of care homes...
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Home care for elderly branded 'shocking and disgraceful'
The standards of care provided for older people in their homes in the UK has been labelled "shocking and disgraceful" by a consumer group....
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Cheap food diet of care home elderly: Now nurses condemn the penny-pinching managers
Profit-chasing care homes are condemning elderly residents to spend their final months or years having ‘value’ food and squash, a report warns....
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Quality care accommodation crisis looms for elderly
Kames Capital and Target Advisers have predicted a chronic shortfall in the provision of quality care accommodation as life expectancy in the UK continues to increase....
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Statins may cut risk of Parkinson's
People who take statins - drugs used to lower cholesterol - may be slightly less likely to get Parkinson's, according to new research....
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Property services and care for elderly in one
AN ENTREPRENEUR has set up a new business in Fowey, helping townsfolk sell their homes and look after the elderly, all under one roof....
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Care homes struggling to meet needs of elderly people, RCN warns
Royal College of Nursing survey blames years of under-investment for worsening of conditions...
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CQC Survey: What do you think about the way we inspect?
We would like to hear your views and experience of our model of regulation and inspection, and whether this is helping to achieve good quality care for people....
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How our care plans for the elderly halved hospital costs
Dr Adrian Baker describes how case management in NHS Highland has reduced hospital admissions and improved end-of-life care for thousands...
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NHS bill: GPs offer to help with health changes
The Royal College of GPs has indicated it is willing to work again with the government on implementing changes to the NHS in England, it has emerged....
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Sanctuary chef aiming for finals of national care catering contest
A Sanctuary Care chef is hoping to win the prestigious title - National Association of Care Catering’s Care Cook of the Year. ...
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Nurses could be given limits on number of patients they care for
New rules could be introduced to limit the number of patients cared for by each nurse in hospital....
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Care home workers filmed beating frail dementia sufferers are SPARED jail
Pair repeatedly beat and abused elderly care home patients and were only caught when a whistleblower filmed them....
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Care home residents 'denied basic GP medical services'
Some doctors are refusing to visit elderly care home residents, a BBC investigation has found....
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Care for our Dad was exceptional
ALL you hear in the news is about the bad care in nursing homes and you never seem to hear about the good ones. Well I would like to tell everyone our story....
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Care home residents benefit from capital knitting project
Anything Goes knitters will contribute recycled creations to organisations across the city...
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Alzheimer's patients 'should stay on drugs for longer'
Thousands of patients with advanced Alzheimer's disease could benefit from drugs, research suggests....
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Bradford's dementia care praised by professor
The Government’s dementia tsar visited Bradford Royal Infirmary yesterday to see the largest refurbishment project of its kind. ...
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People in care homes not having healthcare needs met
Disabled and elderly people in care homes are not getting the health services that they need quickly enough, according to a damning report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published today. ...
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Alliance of care organisations announces lobbying of Health Secretary on care reforms
An alliance of forty-five care charities, associations and providers has written an open letter to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in order to show solidarity on the importance of care reforms. ...
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Elderly care system is a 'dog's breakfast', minister Paul Burstow admits
The current system of organising care for the elderly and disabled is a “dog’s breakfast” and in urgent need of reform, the minister responsible for it admitted yesterday. ...
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New £55m centre in Stirling for elderly care agreed
Plans have been unveiled to "transform" the way elderly people in the Forth Valley are cared for....
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Only the elderly with £100,000 in assets 'should pay for care home fees' argue campaigners ahead of mass rally
No family should be forced to dip into their savings to pay for care in old age if their assets fall below £100,000, campaigners will argue today in a mass rally at Parliament....
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Sleep quality 'improves with age'
The belief that older people tend to suffer worse sleep may be false - in fact the reverse may be true, according to US researchers....
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Could providing hospital care for the elderly bankrupt Britain?
Today's models of healthcare are not designed to cope with the problems of an ageing population, says Dr Samir Sinha...
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Elderly care: your experiences
Can the Dignity in Care report's recommendations improve treatment of elderly people in hospitals and care homes? Readers working in elderly care share their experiences...
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Learning to Live With an Alzheimer's Diagnosis
Even with an Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, you're still you. Learn why keeping a smile on your face can help make coming to terms with the news an easier process....
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Care for older women: 'I've got no one left to help me. And I'm scared'
The Delivering Dignity report highlights the plight of older women, who bear the brunt of underfunded social care...
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The Commission on improving dignity in care released its draft report and recommendations on 29 February 2012.
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How one hospital is getting it right
An overhaul is needed in the way hospitals and care homes in England approach caring for the elderly, a review says. The Commission on Improving Dignity in Care for Older People said too many people were being "let down" by the current system. But some places are getting it right. ...
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Why retirement villages are building in popularity
Retirement communities can be an attractive option for older people. But does the model work as well for those with disabilities?...
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Overhaul in approach to elderly care 'needed'
Being compassionate should be as important as being clever when it comes to the recruitment of staff to care for the elderly, experts say....
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'Care home safety must not play second fiddle to the acute sector'
A renewed focus on medicines management in care homes is needed, says the NPSA’s Bruce Warner...
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Struck-off nurse is working as manager in Bristol nursing home
A CARE home manager who was struck off for a catalogue of failings is continuing to work in a Bristol nursing home....
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Pensioner died after spending EIGHT HOURS in freezing cold outside care home overnight
Inquest heard how staff 'did not following right procedures' to detect she was missing...
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'Care home safety must not play second fiddle to the acute sector'
A renewed focus on medicines management in care homes is needed, says the NPSA’s Bruce Warner ...
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Residential care homes fees soar 14%
Soaring care home charges - up by more than £4,000 a year, in some cases - is putting more pressure on UK pensioners to sell their homes. The rising fees are partly due to local councils cutting back on the number of poorer pensioners they fund....
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Families hide their wealth to avoid care home costs
Some relatives of pensioners are hiding their parents' full wealth to avoid paying care home fees and many local authorities are failing to use the available legal powers to claw the money back. ...
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Survey rates nursing home as one of the best in the country
A PRIVATE nursing home is celebrating after it received one of the highest scores in the country in a recent survey....
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'Silver surfers' should be listened to
As patients' interaction with the health service increasingly moves online, it is easy to assume that the voices of the elderly will be lost along the way. ...
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'Dignity' inspections in hundreds of care homes within weeks
A team of inspectors is to be sent into hundreds of care homes within to check whether elderly people are being treated with dignity. ...
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Better Life project allows older people to tell it like it is
New initiative aims to counteract the stereotype of older people as dependents or burdens by putting their testimonies online...
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Healthcare timebomb as pensioner numbers rocket
Pensioners now spend almost half of their retirement in ill-health, according to official figures, intensifying the pressure on the Government to solve the elderly care crisis. ...
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GPs 'to prescribe health apps'
GPs could soon offer their patients free smartphone apps to help with managing health conditions....
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Call for Dignity Code to protect elderly patients
Nurses and care workers should sign a Dignity Code guaranteeing that elderly patients are treated with respect, say a group of politicians and charities....
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Highcliffe Nursing Home reduces 'death notice'
A Dorset nursing home has announced it will no longer charge for a four-week notice period after a resident's death....
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Nairn and Ardersier GP-led study on care plans
Greater anticipation of the medical care needed by vulnerable people could bring major benefits to patients and save money, according to a new study....
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Care Home developers set to create 300 jobs
Two former care home developers have launched their own company, in a move which will create over 300 jobs across the UK. ...
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Care home orders grieving daughter to pay £3,000… because she didn't give 28 days' notice of her father's DEATH
Sue Cann received the bill for the outstanding care bill the day after her father Kenneth's funeral....
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Four Seasons care homes in talks with new investors
Four Seasons, Britain's biggest care homes operator, is in talks with potential new equity investors to help the business grapple with its crippling debt burden....
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Animals make nursing home living easier
When Tolema Boblitt was looking for an assisted living center for herself and her husband, she had one important condition. Their cat, Calico, had to be able to come with them....
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OAPs Go Surfing at a Care Home
CARE home residents can catch up with friends and family at any time of the day or night thanks to the use of new specialist computers....
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Having a Curry Could Help Ward Off Dementia
Eating curry once or twice a week could stave off dementia, research suggests....
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Care for elderly 'let down by fragmented system'
Older people are being let down by a social care system in which they are "passed like a parcel" between services, a committee of MPs has said. ...
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Care stepped up for the elderly.
WITH one of the highest proportions of elderly patients in the entire country, a number of projects are under way at Scarborough Hospital to ensure older people receive the best possible care. ...
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Our vulnerable elderly are being treated like cattle. The private sector can help.
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Care home meals costing just £2.27 a day are branded a 'national disgrace'
Some care homes are spending as little as £2.27 a day on food for each resident – less than the price of a medium-sized coffee on the high street....
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Cancer Drug Offers Hope on Alzheimer's
A SKIN cancer drug may reverse the effects of Alzheimer's disease, tests have revealed....
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Four Seasons: Care Home Provider in New Debt Talks
The UK's largest care home provider, which bought many of the Southern Cross properties, has said it is in talks to raise money to pay its debts....
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New Council Warning Over Costs of Care for the Elderly
It's a political and financial worry for all of us; just how do we pay for our loved ones who need residential care?...
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Trading Standards Monitors Care Home Food
Trading Standards officers in Warwickshire have been monitoring meal quality at 10 nursing and care homes....
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Elderly 'suffer as social care spending cut'
Spending on social care for the elderly in England is falling this year - despite the assurances of ministers, an analysis by campaigners suggests....
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Over-55s don't want to pay for long-term care
From The Guardian: An Avivia survey finds that the over-55s are 'terrified' of the potential bill for long-term care and believe the state should cover the costs...
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